1844: Samuel Morse sends first successful telegraph message marking the beginning of the second industrial revolution.
1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
1859: Edwin L. Drake strikes oil in Titusville, PA marking the beginning of the commercial use of oil.
1869: Suez Canal is completed.
1869: the first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit in Utah.
1880: Edison invents the light bulb.
1882: Edison builds a power plant that lights dozens of buildings in NYC.
1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
1859: Edwin L. Drake strikes oil in Titusville, PA marking the beginning of the commercial use of oil.
1869: Suez Canal is completed.
1869: the first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit in Utah.
1880: Edison invents the light bulb.
1882: Edison builds a power plant that lights dozens of buildings in NYC.